v8.5.40

Update dependency mocha to v12.0.2

Notable changes

• fail nested tests on beforeEach failure (#​6292) (a75b43b)
• give CLI reporter-option precedence over config file (#​6331) (571110f)
• propagate spec file path on parallel worker death (#​6268) (55a544a)
• use find-up-simple to workaround ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED (#​6342) (a652ff5)
• watch existing dirs so first run starts armed (#​6263) (f5c8aca)
• add remaining external services (#​6316) (bfe0b5d)
• update copyright year, holder, and URLs (#​6303) (288c075)
• add "stale branch" workflow (#​6315) (ad17f9f)
• add dependency conflict detection workflow (#​6246) (ef0ae32)
• add folder for reproducing issues (#​6330) (6728030)
• add stale triage reminder for unreviewed issues (#​6314) (ee35133)
• auto-remove "waiting for author" label on author activity (#​6213) (dbd4322)
• convert file-unloader to ESM (#​6294) (dc73f4c)
• deps: update dependency @​playwright/test to v1.63.0 (#​6299) (931baa5)
• deps: update dependency eslint to v10.10.0 (#​6296) (3cb22d1)
• deps: update dependency knip to v6.35.0 (#​6324) (a2416af)
• deps: update octoguide/bot action to v0.23.0 (#​6304) (bbe5a27)
• exclude "v11.x" from "stale branch" workflow (#​6338) (e7b7fe1)
• fix owner in auto-add workflow (#​6309) (037aa8b)
• fixup "auto-add" workflow (#​6308) (b3f7cbc)
• fixup workflow perms in-job (#​6327) (633480c)
• provide write perms to workflows (#​6325) (d6f6f4c)
• remove "stale" label on author activity (#​6312) (e60fbda)
• remove unused .editorconfig file (#​6306) (880269f)
• replace find-conflicts with improved smoke versions (#​6344) (2668e71)
• set author to Mark Wiemer (#​6305) (cd2a730)
• site: update Astro (7.3.2) and fast-uri (3.1.7) (#​6301) (a4f2213)
• stabilize --parallel integration suite (#​6313) (856a1ae)
• stop auto-adding PRs to project (#​6352) (a8309fd)
• track Codecov in issue without failing CI (#​6323) (c39f602)
• widen --exit detection window (#​6293) (ee3a4b1)

mochajs/mocha (mocha)

v12.0.2

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🩹 Fixes

• fail nested tests on beforeEach failure (#​6292) (a75b43b)
• give CLI reporter-option precedence over config file (#​6331) (571110f)
• propagate spec file path on parallel worker death (#​6268) (55a544a)
• use find-up-simple to workaround ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED (#​6342) (a652ff5)
• watch existing dirs so first run starts armed (#​6263) (f5c8aca)

📚 Documentation

• add remaining external services (#​6316) (bfe0b5d)
• update copyright year, holder, and URLs (#​6303) (288c075)

🧹 Chores

• add "stale branch" workflow (#​6315) (ad17f9f)
• add dependency conflict detection workflow (#​6246) (ef0ae32)
• add folder for reproducing issues (#​6330) (6728030)
• add stale triage reminder for unreviewed issues (#​6314) (ee35133)
• auto-remove "waiting for author" label on author activity (#​6213) (dbd4322)
• convert file-unloader to ESM (#​6294) (dc73f4c)
• deps: update dependency @​playwright/test to v1.63.0 (#​6299) (931baa5)
• deps: update dependency eslint to v10.10.0 (#​6296) (3cb22d1)
• deps: update dependency knip to v6.35.0 (#​6324) (a2416af)
• deps: update octoguide/bot action to v0.23.0 (#​6304) (bbe5a27)
• exclude "v11.x" from "stale branch" workflow (#​6338) (e7b7fe1)
• fix owner in auto-add workflow (#​6309) (037aa8b)
• fixup "auto-add" workflow (#​6308) (b3f7cbc)
• fixup workflow perms in-job (#​6327) (633480c)
• provide write perms to workflows (#​6325) (d6f6f4c)
• remove "stale" label on author activity (#​6312) (e60fbda)
• remove unused .editorconfig file (#​6306) (880269f)
• replace find-conflicts with improved smoke versions (#​6344) (2668e71)
• set author to Mark Wiemer (#​6305) (cd2a730)
• site: update Astro (7.3.2) and fast-uri (3.1.7) (#​6301) (a4f2213)
• stabilize --parallel integration suite (#​6313) (856a1ae)
• stop auto-adding PRs to project (#​6352) (a8309fd)
• track Codecov in issue without failing CI (#​6323) (c39f602)
• widen --exit detection window (#​6293) (ee3a4b1)

List of commits

9cd2351 (Update dependency mocha to v12.0.2, 2026-09-20)